Who are you?
My name is Callum Ng, I’m a proud Canadian, an athlete and an eternal entrepreneur. I might be a bit of a self-starter, I own and run two local Vancouver companies including www.ngfarrell.com. I have this idea, and I know I’m not the only one, that a life in business should encompass some greater meaning or purpose. That’s why we work for the benefit of athletes and artists, those people that really enrich our society, those who we cheer for, and applaud.
What do you do for fun?
What don’t I do for fun? I love to play hockey with my brother. In fact, we’ve both become quite obsessive, we’re like kids, counting the days until the next game. I write a lot, and hope to inspire people with my blog (link to: www.callumng.com). Finding new topics to write about isn’t difficult the challenge is making them exceptional. What else…well my work is actually fun! I spend time with passionate and excited people. I like to laugh. Friends and television are good for that. Constant laughter is important.
What is your favourite community and why?
Don’t hate me but I love Kits. There’s a variety of people here, some you can get to know and get along with, others you can learn from, some that are just like me. I can walk to the beach. I can walk to the park. I can walk to the forest. I can see the mountains, and the ocean. There’s okay food, it’s easy to be active and healthy, and totally relaxing to be lazy and unhealthy. The point is: you can be whoever you want here, it’s easy.
What is your superpower?
My super power is my relentless pursuit of an idea. If it gets in my head, and I believe it can be great, it will happen.
How do you use it to build community?
I believe that almost anything can be willed into existence. The combination of passionate people and a goal that is for the betterment of a community will ultimately succeed in the long run. I use my “superpower” to bring people together, foster a work ethic, and execute a well-developed plan. To be honest, if we’re not all working for this type of goal, we should re-evaluate what we’re working for at all.
My three favourite things about Callum are…
1. He is an entrepreneur. Whether it was Total Home Services or NG Farrell, Callum is driven by an amazing entrepreneurial spirit. Such passion and style makes him ill-suited for work in a cubicle in a giant corporation and, in my opinion, his success as a varsity athlete and academic all-star also stems from the self-motivation, goal-setting and balls-out hard work that defines not just entrepreneurship, but people who are great entrepreneurs.
2. He knows trends (and makes trends, too). One of the more recent trends that I’ll claim Callum started is wearing donning business-casual attire (jacket, dress shirt, jeans, boots) sans-belt (that means “without a belt” for all our non-Quebec readers). Lucky for us, we’re two fellahs that can openly discuss fashion and each others’ handsomeness, so I’ll add to the list that Callum is also a stylish and confident young man, too. Now, I see people wearing suits with no belt all the freakin’ time. And I’m pretty sure Callum started it. But I digress… Callum’s company, Total Home Services, was carbon neutral before it was cool to be so environmentally friendly, too. His blog has a Guy Kawasaki-esque feel to it, as Callum provides insight and opinions about the things the mainstream, regular and Foxy media are going to talk about in, like, three weeks. He gets to an idea first and flat-out does a better job of spinning it.
3. Giving becomes him. “As always, let me know if you need anything!” This is how Callum signed off an email to me. As busy and client-focused as the guy is, he always makes time to help out and continue building his community. Yours truly and The Potentiality are lucky to be a part of it. Thanks, Callum.